songful
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of songful
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at song, -ful
Example Sentences
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For all that techno-drama, it wound up being Mitchell who took the early, demonstrative lead in improvising — with some fluid, songful passages that added a depth of lyricism to the boisterous material for Signal.
From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2022
Mr. Peacock’s “raw charisma and fiery temperament could almost match Ayler in songful intensity,” pianist Ethan Iverson wrote in Jazz Times magazine in April.
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2020
The jaunty, songful theme that opens the movie sets a mood that Caine catches breezily—even if the character of Alfie himself is sordid and sleazy in a way that the music doesn’t at all imply.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 1, 2017
It included the West Coast premiere of a convivial new Double Concerto for violin and cello, written for Jaime Laredo and Sharon Robinson, with an irresistibly songful slow movement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2015
Now songful in the hour of sport, Now riotous for wages, She camps around her ancient port, As ancient of the ages.
From New Poems by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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